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- 80
gallon storage capacity
- Reduces
hot water costs by up to 80%
- Cools
and dehumidifies the air around it
- Low
stand-by losses through good insulation
- Sacrificial
anode rod
- 2.5
energy factor
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Tankless
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installation manual
The
beauty of heat pump water heating technology is that the amount of electrical
energy needed to create hot water is greatly reduced compared to a conventional
electric tank type water heater. The Accelera’s compressor and fan consume
only 1kWh of electricity to generate the heat equivalent of 3 – 5kWh.
The efficiency of the unit goes up with increasing ambient air temperatures.
This ground breaking efficiency redefines what a water heater is capable of.
In a warm
climate, the unit can either be placed in the garage where it takes heat from
the ambient air, or inside the house, where it helps with the air conditioning
load. In a cooler climate, the unit is typically placed in the basement where
it also acts as a dehumidifier. You get hot water at a discount and a dry basement
as well.
If
the heat pump that is built into the unit alone cannot keep up with the hot
water demand then an electric backup element with 1.7 kW loading will automatically
activate.
Heat pumps
have been around for decades, but a heat pump water heater is a new concept.
The Accelera® 300 works like an air conditioner
but instead of dumping the heat outdoors, it puts it into the water.
The heat pump system contains a fan that forces air through an evaporator
(1). The evaporator contains a liquid refrigerant. This refrigerant evaporates
and extracts heat from the ambient air.
The now warm gaseous refrigerant is then compressed (2) by the compressor
which is driven by an electric motor. As it goes through the compressor the
pressure and temperature rises. The refrigerant turns back into a liquid which
is now hot.
The refrigerant then passes through the condenser (3), which in this case
is wrapped around the water tank. The hot refrigerant loses its heat which
goes into the DHW.
The now cooler refrigerant then passes through an expansion valve (4), where
it goes back into a gaseous state and the process begins anew.
